# How to download iOS app or extend link time **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** download\ **Created:** [August 16, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-download-ios-app-or-extend-link-time/1451111 "2021-08-16T01:59:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bnice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/bnice/32/110648_2.png) [@bnice](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bnice)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-download-ios-app-or-extend-link-time/1451111/1 "2021-08-16T01:59:27Z")
Hello, Thunkers! I have a new question for you. I am hoping my findings are not the end of this topic and I hope someone has a solution or workaround. Is there a way to either extend the link expiration time to download a built app? If not (And I don’t think there is otherwise I feel like someone would have created a solution for that already), is there a way to download the iOS app so I can store it and share that? I am able to download the APK file for Android and upload it to my Firebase Storage bin, but I can’t find a way to download the iOS download file in a similar fashion. Any thoughts? Backstory, my app is only for about 10 people at work, so it is not worth buying what is needed for uploading to the app stores. But, I can’t always easily fit all 10 people into the 24 hr. download window. And it is sometimes hard to rebuild when the link expires because I am already working on new features which may or may not be stable yet. ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-download-ios-app-or-extend-link-time/1451111/2 "2021-08-16T04:51:27Z")
You have two options with iOS projects: 1. Publish it as a web app and share the link with others 2. Publish it to the App Store and allow others to download it Okay, really there’s a third option which is to distribute the app using Test Flight but that’s really more of a temporary solution. ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-download-ios-app-or-extend-link-time/1451111/3 "2021-08-16T06:19:39Z")
Check this post > [@Installing iOS app on a computer](https://community.thunkable.com/t/installing-ios-app-on-a-computer/1296598/5): > > Hi Shrey, If you’re hoping to share your iOS project with other people, but don’t want to publish it publicly to the App Store, there are some options you can check out: Sharing the Thunkable project with these people, and letting them download it to their iOS devices Publishing the app on [TestFlight](https://testflight.apple.com/) and letting people download it from the TestFlight app Use Apple’s [Custom Apps](https://developer.apple.com/custom-apps/) service to “privately and securely distribute to specific partners, clients, franchisees” and “distribute proprietar… ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-download-ios-app-or-extend-link-time/1451111/4 "2024-11-08T13:17:24Z")